General course information regarding those sessions offered in psychology at Bucknell can be found here. For semester-specific course information, please see Banner Web.

100

PSYC 100. Introduction to Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3,Other:2A survey of concepts, principles, and theories of an empirical science of behavior.

116

PSYC 116. Statistic Literacy for 21st Century. 1 Credit.

Offered Summer Session Only; Lecture hours:6An investigation of the concepts and the reasoning underlying the interpretation of data and chance to enable students to critically evaluate statistical information, data-related arguments, or random phenomena they may encounter in diverse contexts. Emphasis on how statistical analysis is useful. Basic methods for gathering trustworthy data, elementary graphical and numerical techniques for analyzing. Open to students enrolled in the BCCSP program only.

132

PSYC 132. An Exploration of Gender. 1 Credit.

Offered Summer Session Only; Lecture hours:3This course will consider biological bases and social construction of gender from anthropological, psychological, and literary perspectives. Open to BCCSP students only.

135

PSYC 135. Psychology of Health and Adjustment. 1 Credit.

Offered Summer Session Only; Lecture hours:3This course examines adjustment of individuals to their personal and social environments. Both physical and psychological adjustment will be examined. Special emphasis will be placed upon developing an understanding of skills in the area of stress, effective coping, interpersonal relationships, sexuality, work, achievement of adult maturity, psychological and physical well-being and psychotherapy. This course is designed to promote personal growth. Open to BCCSP students only.

169

PSYC 169. Psychology of Attraction and Relations. 1 Credit.

Offered Summer Session Only; Lecture hours:6Examination of how biology influences: what our mate preferences are and where they come from, the correlates of beauty, relationship initiation and maintenance, love, jealousy and mate expulsion. Open to BCCSP students only.

1NT

PSYC 1NT. Psychology Non-traditional Study. 1-2 Credits.

203

PSYC 203. Learning. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3The study of basic mechanisms of associative learning in motivated behavior, especially Pavlovian and operant conditioning in the behaviors of various species.Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or ANBE 266 or NEUR 100 or permission of the instructor.

204

PSYC 204. Human Cognition. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3A survey of the theories and methods employed in studying human mental abilities. Issues include attention, memory, language, problem solving, and decision making. Prerequisite: NEUR 100 or PSYC 100 or permission of the instructor.

207

PSYC 207. Developmental Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3Study of stages, sequences, and processes in normal child development, prenatal through childhood. Emphasis on interaction of nature and nurture in cognitive, social, emotional development. Prerequisite: PSYC 100, EDUC 201 is accepted as an alternate prerequisite for students who are Education Bachelor of Science majors, or permission of the instructor.

209

PSYC 209. Social Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3Theories of social influence and social interaction, their empirical foundations and implications for the individual and society. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or permission of the instructor.

210

PSYC 210. Psychopathology. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3,Other:1Covers theories and research on psychological disorders. Emphasis is on empirically based approaches to psychopathology including (but not limited to) developmental, cognitive and neuroscientific approaches. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or permission of the instructor.

211

PSYC 211. Health Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3An introduction to theory and research in health psychology. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or permission of the instructor.

212

PSYC 212. Emotion. 1 Credit.

Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3An introduction to theory and research in the psychology of emotion. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or permission of the instructor.

213

PSYC 213. Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3,Other:1A critical introduction to psychological disorders, theories of their causes, and approaches to their treatments. Includes an observational practicum in a psychiatric facility. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or permission of the instructor.

PSYC 215. Psychological Statistics. 1 Credit.

216

PSYC 216. Research Methods in Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:2,Other:1An introduction to the methods used and issues faced by psychological researchers. Topics include ethics, study design (true-experimental, correlational, and quasi-experimental), data collection and analysis, and communication of empirical findings. A foundation for other research-based courses in Psychology. Prerequisites: PSYC 100 and PSYC 215 or MATH 216.

217

PSYC 217. Psychopharmacology. 1 Credit.

Lecture hours:VariesPsychopharmacology, the study of drugs that affect behavior, begins with an appreciation for neurochemical, pharmacological and behavioral principles in order to understand actions and effects of therapeutic compounds and addictive substances, the two major categories of psychopharmacological drugs. Crosslisted as NEUR 217.

228

PSYC 228. Personality Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3Evaluation of theory and research on personality, including consideration of classic theories and their applications in current research. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or permission of the instructor.

229

PSYC 229. Directed Study in Psycholoygy. .5-1 Credits.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3; RepeatableAn entry into psychological research or other independent study directed by a faculty member. Experiences might include library work, collecting data, entering and analyzing data, and other activities associated with engagement in research and in faculty-directed inquiry. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 and instructor permission.

236

PSYC 236. Drugs and Behavior. 1 Credit.

Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3How drugs of abuse work in the brain and how they affect behavior. Theories of addiction and addiction treatment, and issues of how drug use impacts individuals, families, and societies will be discussed. Prerequisite: PSYC 100.

242

PSYC 242. Positive Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3This course explores the scientific study of factors that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The class is taught at a nearby prison with both Bucknell and incarcerated students. Prerequisites: permission of the instructor. Not open to first-year students.

248

PSYC 248. Developmental Psychobiology. 1 Credit.

Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3Addresses development in humans from conception through adolescence with some comparative analysis with non-humans. Emphasis on both normal and atypical cognitive, neuropsychological and neurobiological development. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or NEUR 100. Crosslisted as NEUR 248.

250

PSYC 250. Biopsychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3Biological bases of behavior and their relationship to motivation, learning, and perception. Prerequisite: one of the following: NEUR 100, PSYC 100, BIOL 206, ANBE 266 or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as NEUR 250.

252

PSYC 252. Sensation and Perception. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3Anatomy and functions of the sensory systems: vision, audition, kinesthesis, vestibular sensation, taste and smell, with emphasis on theory and abnormalities of the human sensory systems. Prerequisites: NEUR 100 or PSYC 100 and permission of the instructor.

266

PSYC 266. Animal Behavior. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3A survey of important theories, issues, and empirical techniques in the interdisciplinary field of animal behavior, emphasizing both proximate and ultimate explanations for behavior. Crosslisted as ANBE 266 and BIOL 266.

270

PSYC 270. South Africa: Social Entrepreneurship. 1 Credit.

Lecture hours:15The course examines the legacy of apartheid and the role of social entrepreneurship in transforming communities. Students are placed in community organizations in nearby townships. Crosslisted as ECON 270 and MGMT 270 and WMST 275. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

288

PSYC 288. Research Methods in Language. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Research methods in language; especially development and acquisition in infants and toddlers. Prerequisites: PSYC 215 or MATH 216 and PSYC 216 or PSYC 100.

289

PSYC 289. Research Methods in Health Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3Introduction to research methods commonly used in health psychology. Prerequisites: PSYC 215 or MATH 216 and prerequisite or corequisite PSYC 211.

PSYC 294. Research Methods in Human Cognition. 1 Credit.

295

PSYC 295. Research Methods in Emotion. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3Laboratory-based research on the psychosocial causes, characteristics, and consequences of human emotion. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 and PSYC 215 or MATH 216 or permission of the instructor.

2NT

PSYC 2NT. Psychology Non-traditional Study. .5-2 Credits.

300

PSYC 300. Infancy. 1 Credit.

Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3Advanced seminar on human infancy as viewed from cognitive, developmental, and evolutionary psychology. Includes implications for infant survival and early education. Prerequisites: PSYC 204 or PSYC 207 or PSYC 248 or PSYC 252 or PSYC 266 and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 600.

PSYC 301. History of Psychology. 1 Credit.

302

PSYC 302. Cognitive Development. 1 Credit.

Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3Advanced seminar on how our cognitive system changes from the prenatal period to adolescence. Focuses on selected topics in the development of attention, memory, language, and concepts. Includes implications for education in formal and informal settings. Prerequisite: PSYC 204 or PSYC 207.

303

PSYC 303. Critical Psychologies. 1 Credit.

Offered Alternating Spring Semester; Lecture hours:3Critical psychologies (e.g., critical liberation, radical) are progressive alternatives to mainstream psychology, emphasizing untoward consequences of the mainstream focus on the individual. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or permission of the instructor. A service-learning practicum is part of the course. Crosslisted as PSYC 603.

304

PSYC 304. Advanced Developmental Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Analysis of selected topics in human development, such as gender issues, or religious and spiritual development, or other topics. Prerequisite: PSYC 207 or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 604.

305

PSYC 305. Developmental Psychopathology. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Addresses the behavioral phenotypes of a variety of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders in the context of theories and processes of normal development. Genetic and neurobiological underpinnings of disorders are discussed. Prerequisites: NEUR 248 or PSYC 248 and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as NEUR 305 and PSYC 605.

306

PSYC 306. Trauma Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Analysis of specific topics in the fields of psychopathology and/or clinical psychology. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 606.

307

PSYC 307. Culture and Child Development. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Study of culture-specific and universal processes in child development in diverse societies. Focus on cultural influences on social, emotional, and cognitive development, and on parenting, family, and education contexts and practices. Prerequisite: PSYC 207 or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 607.

313

PSYC 313. Researching Behavioral Neuroscience. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3 Following a general orientation to behavioral genetics and pharmacology using mice, we will conduct group experiments. Each student will then develop and conduct an independent research project. Prerequisites: PSYC 215 or MATH 216 and PSYC 250 or an applied research methods course and permission of instructor. Crosslisted as NEUR 313 and NEUR 613 and PSYC 613.

314

PSYC 314. Cognitive Development Research. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3Advanced seminar examining how very young children understand words. Students conduct collaborative research projects culminating in oral and written reports. Prerequisites: PSYC 204 or PSYC 207 or PSYC 288 or LING 230 and permission of the instructor.

315

PSYC 315. Language Development. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Advanced seminar examining how children learn sounds, words, and grammar. Focus on reading primary research sources. Special topics based on students' interests. Prerequisites: PSYC 207 or PSYC 204 or LING 230 and a PSYC methods course and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 615.

316

PSYC 316. Advanced Social Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Consideration of experimental and theoretical issues in social psychology. Prerequisites: PSYC 209 or PSYC 228 and any PSYC research methods class or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 616.

317

PSYC 317. Comparative Animal Cognition. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Advanced seminar in issues of nature/nurture, learning, development, and adaptation, in behaviors such as foraging, mating, and communication in several species. Prerequisites: PSYC 266 or ANBE 266 and PSYC 203. Crosslisted as PSYC 617.

318

PSYC 318. Cognitive Aging. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Seminar discussing the development and changes in cognition in senior citizens. Topics include memory, language, attention, and decision-making. Prerequisite: PSYC 252 or PSYC 204 or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 618.

319

PSYC 319. Topics in Psychology. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableOccasional seminars on selected topics of current interest in psychology. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 619.

324

PSYC 324. Advanced Psychological Statistics. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3A survey of advanced statistical techniques with emphasis on analysis and interpretation of experimental and correlational data. Prerequisites: PSYC 215 or equivalent and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 624.

325

PSYC 325. Personality, Psychopaths, and Serial Killers. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Considers personality disorders with a focus on psychopathy and serial murders. Biological and environmental causes of psychopathy are considered as well as the developmental course of the condition and ethics of treatment. Prerequisites: PSYC 228 or PSYC 209 or PSYC 210 or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 625.

327

PSYC 327. Children's Social Development. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Seminar in children's relationships with parents, siblings, and peers in childhood/adolescence, and links between the social relationship and children's development in other domains. Prerequisite: PSYC 207 or permission of the instructor.

328

PSYC 328. Undergraduate Research II. 1 Credit.

Offered Fall, Spring or Summer; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3; RepeatableResearch or other independent study with a faculty member outside of the psychology department. Research topics may be posed by students or faculty. Cannot be counted toward the psychology major. Prerequisites: permission of the supervisor, Psychology Chair approval and permission of the instructor.

329

PSYC 329. Undergraduate Research. .5-1 Credits.

Offered Fall, Spring or Summer; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3; RepeatableResearch or other independent study on any aspect of psychology. Research topics may be posed by students or faculty. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

336

PSYC 336. Psychology Research in Denmark. .5 Credits.

Offered Summer Session Only; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3; RepeatableDesign and conduct research in Denmark on child development, family and parenting, and/or education as part of Bucknell in Denmark summer program. Corequisite: PSYC 337. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

337

PSYC 337. Child Development in Denmark. 1 Credit.

Offered Summer Session Only; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3Core course in Bucknell in Denmark summer program. Focus on child development in Denmark and Nordic countries with comparison to U.S. Practicum included. Prerequisites: enrollment in Bucknell in Denmark program and permission of the instructor.

339

PSYC 339. Psychology of Music. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Seminar examining how musicians and non-musicians comprehend, remember, perform, and respond to music, including developmental aspects. Some background in music required. Prerequisites: PSYC 204 or PSYC 252 and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 639.

340

PSYC 340. Behavioral Neuroscience. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Advanced study of the relationship between the brain and behavior. Seminar discussion of complex problems in the field of behavior neuroscience including genetics, mood disorders, drug abuse, cognition and consciousness. Prerequisite: PSYC 250 or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 640 and NEUR 340 and NEUR 640.

344

PSYC 344. Developmental Brain Research. 1 Credit.

Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableStudents learn a variety of assessment techniques in developmental neuropsychology and neuroscience (including EEG) and conduct quantitative research culminating in written and oral reports. Crosslisted as PSYC 644 and NEUR 344 and NEUR 644. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

349

PSYC 349. Cognitive Neuroscience. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Brain mechanisms of language, memory, and other processes as revealed by studies of human brain activity or pathology. Prerequisite: PSYC 204 or PSYC 250 or PSYC 252 or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 649.

350

PSYC 350. Culminating Research Experience+. 1 Credit.

Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3This seminar, worth 1 credit, turns a research project into a Culminating Experience. Covers research, ethics, proposal writing, public speaking, data presentation, and other professional issues. Course meets only 1 hour a week most weeks. Students should not register for PSYC 329 or PSYC 360. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

360

PSYC 360. Honors Thesis. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatablePrerequisites: permission of the department and permission of the instructor.

369

PSYC 369. Psychology of Beauty and Attraction. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Examination of research on beauty and attraction from an evolutionary perspective. Prerequisites: PSYC 209, a Cluster C course and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 669.

370

PSYC 370. Primate Behavior and Ecology. 1 Credit.

Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3; May require dissection or live animal experimentationIntroduction to research on prosimians, monkeys, and apes with emphasis on the evolutionary origin of diversity, habitat use, social structure, social behavior, and cognitive abilities. Prerequisites: BIOL 122 or BIOL 208 or ANBE 266 or BIOL 266 or PSYC 266 and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as ANBE 370 and ANBE 670 and BIOL 370 and BIOL 670 and PSYC 670.

371

PSYC 371. Primate Cognition. 1 Credit.

Offered Alternate Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3; May require dissection or live animal experimentationAn investigation into the cognitive abilities and capacities of nonhuman primates emphasizing a comparative perspective. Prerequisites: ANBE 266 or BIOL 266 or PSYC 266 and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as ANBE 371 and ANBE 671 and PSYC 671.

372

PSYC 372. Comparative Cognition. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3,Other:3Advanced seminar exploring cognition and behavior from evolutionary and comparative perspectives. Topics will include social behavior, memory, communication, spatial cognition, learning, and meta-cognition. Prerequisites: PSYC 266, ANBE 266, and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 672 and ANBE 372 and ANBE 672.

373

PSYC 373. Psychology of Race and Gender. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3Critical analysis of major theories. Emphasis on experimental research findings in the areas of racism, discrimination, gender difference, sexual violence, etc. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as PSYC 673.

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